The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-04

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VOLUME x
remarks at other times. He said h,
heard the door bell, and he said he die
not hear 1t. Ali no did hear, for wher
Mrs. swearlngen sounded /. he was III,
only living soul in that house. MIRO. Nc
Wha was dead and his wife sleeping hel
long sleep when he pushed the door In
the face Of Mre. Swearlpgen. ii7i !, N
! Mrs. Brown and Mrs. swoaringen
reached the house about forty minutel
after 2 o'clock. Tho curtains were down
and spots Of blood were upon the glass o
the window, put there before tho curtain
was pulled down, and marks upon the
curtain made by bloody fingers as It was
pulled down to keep out strangers' eyes,
No eye saw but the eye Of God, What
did Baker care for Him ? He was doing
the work OF the devil. But notwithstand.
Ing the darkened Windows, God did see,
And "His ways are past finding out"
The ladies started home after staying
twenty minutes at the McWha house,
stopped a minute or 30 at Denny's and
then home. In fifteen minutes alter they
lett, Baker started for the train. Mrs.
Swearingen leaves the kitchen door,
plucks some shrubs, comes upon the
porch. takes her babe from Mrs. Brown,
and the two eat there waiting some fifteen
minutes without hearing a single sound
within the house. The stiffness Of death
reiSned there. for death was there, and
the only living soul within was Baker. a
But Baker makes his trip to Cross Creek
and he comes back to his gate, where he
sees Mrs. Swearingen, who says to him,
MIR. Baker, I called on Mrs. Baker yes.
terday and she was not in" Baker said,
I'VE must have been out in the orchard."d
Baker does not invite her to stop and sec
Eliza them; no, he did not want her to SEQ
the horror he knew was to be exposed
within lew moments in that cottage. q z
Gentlemen, II you have reasonable
doubt Of the prisoners guilt then acquit
him, II not, then convict him, In this
case you cannot draw any erroneous con-
clusion, Tor every part OF the evidence
points directly to the guilt OF this prisoner.
MIR. hutchinson won fresh laurels by
the master speech he made. It WAS clear
and logical. He spoke four hours and
twenty minutes and anything short OF q
verbatim report would fail to do him jus.
tice. &i1llE5T-5r ',11
FOR THE DEFENSE.
i Mr. Braddock, OF counse! for the de-.
tense, opened eloquently at twenty min.
utes past g.. He said, after a fine intro
ducsory flight, that the law presumes
man to be innocent until he is proven
guilty, and added: "a. 81 !sI9 I5
!, They charge Baker with this murder for
gain, while he has shown himself as en-.
tlrely Indifferent 10 those things; but
there are others WHO seen over anxious to
possess themselves OF the estate OF the
dead women. a., is5 I, 2, 4, a I
q The State contends that these women
were murdered between L O'Clock and
2:4O In the afternoon. How is it !? Their
dinner takes one hour and the murderer
has put fifteen minutes to do all this work
before Baker Is on his way to the train. q
e These two visitors stay, there fifteen
minutes, ring the bell twice, and have no
response. When Mrs. Swearingen goes
around to the kitchen door, does Baker
slip to the bolt to issten that door, No.
What was done. within that houBs when
the murder WAS committed? Dr.. Morris
tells as the murderer took Mrs. sMcWhs
by the head and struck her over the head,
but Mr.. Hutchinson sayo she WAS killed
while on the floor, that Mr.. Baker sent his
wife to get her satchel and while she was
away he killed her mother end then
when Mrs. Baker came bsok he killed her.
All this would take time. When she
comes back and sees her mother slaueh.
tered, Great heayens! would she not
have cried out, and in place OF going to
meet tho man who slaughtered her.
would she not have fed out Of the house
way aud raised the cry OF
murder. "a. l:fsI I!t 81. t.lS'
. But We have Baker in tho house doing
little petty acts that take up his time. I It
Won nave taken at least fifteen minutes
to NJ up those kitchen windows. -Four
beds were torn up. What was it done
Tor For booty, and not to prove that
anybody had gone to bed. t The drawers
were rummaged, the trunks were broken
open, and al this would have takan time,
Then it would have taken at least three
lourths Of an hour. II Van Baker did il
why did he not 20 to the bed Of each and
get their own nightcapa and gowns, which
were afterwards found under their nil.
lows? MIR. Hutchinson Gays the murderer
did not take Mrs. Bakers watch. We'll.
what would burglar have done? He
would know that was dangeroun property
to be found on anybody's person suspected
Of the murder. rs - ss1s. 81,
80 THE NEN WERE SEEN,
Thomas Gardner Gays there were three :.
men out in tho orchard with Mr. Baker
and his wife, and he is corroborated hv
samuel Ralston and three others, and the
only trouble about Samuel Rals.on ia That
God made him poor. 81 Il Il, 4, - =
Mi. Porter Sees two men at his works Al
o'clock Tuesday evening, and he goes TO
Mr.. Baker Tor description OF the men he
had described IS having been at his house
to rent the three-cornered lot. and; he
louno tne description to meet the appear
Gnce OF the men he had seen, &lssi's'5l.i,
am satisfied that after the fanpe Of the
public had fastened upon: Mr.. Baker he
could have done nothing but what would
have been tortured into an evidence Of
his guilt. l.! - 49,
He was blamed ior going away from thu
house 80 boldly, and he would have been
blamed II he had sneaked away. INA
Z And when the defendant testified that
his wife fell on his neck and kissed him.
some pitiable villain has the hardihool in
this audience to laugh in his face. That
man should be put in the place Of this
prisoner. NJ s5;Sl = /" -
y Here some one in the back part Of the
house laughed again, when Mr.. Brsddock
fetorted, "There is the man again. Il; ',5
Here Mr., Braddock expounded tho law
upon the force OF circumstantial evidence.
+ Five Links must be furnished In circum.
stantia' evidence or it fails. IA Tz1s,'stS-'9'
Tlme-if they have failed 70 prove that
It was done during that time they iail. b
|; Place-They must fix the prisoner at
a kHn l.. 10.